The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-27
Criminal Notss.

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Criminal Notes.
CLoUDMANs TRIP SPOILED,
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Jan. 25.-ThE
yaWl Outing" on which Captain T A
Cluudman left St. Augustine on the 18th
inst on a voyage around the world, was
wrecked in Q storm Tuesday last on the
Florida coas', few miles north of Jupi-
Ter. Captain Cloudmsn and his mate
George Miller, saved themselves from be-
ing submerged with the boat by using
keIOsene Oil, which sIiiled The waves. The
boat and everything In her was lost.
AFTER AN ELoPINa COUPLE.
Cisco, Texas, Jan. "a Mr.. Carothera
arrived in town from Brown county, IL
hot pursuit of an e!Oping couple. ItseemE
that man named Ryan had been renting
land in the neighbour God of Mr.. Carothere
tor the past two years, and although Ryan
had q wife and two children. the oldest
daughter of Mr.. CarotheTs became infatu-
ated with him and the infatuatlon finally
eliminated IN the elopement of the guilty
couple. Ryan had recently dispose Of q
pIeca of land he owned in Fort Bend
county, from which he realized about
$500, and he also sold five head of horses
tor cash, and leaving his wife and chill
dren penniIess, he left with Miss Caroth-
ers and Il is supposed THEY are striking
for Minnesota, where Ryan formerly
lived. Mr. Carothers failed to f1nd the
Gugitives here, and 1t IL thought they have
gone to come other point on the railroad
SKIPPED WITH HER BoARDER.
BALTIMORE. Md, Jan. 24.-Charles E.
Slayer, of Little York, Pa, Is looking for
his handsome wife who, after kissing her
little child good bye. and as her husband
charges, pocketing $40, IL oney received
for q house he had recently sold, eloped
with q good looking young man who had
been boarding with the Siayers. The
angry husband arrived ~ Hsgerstown,
Md, late ct night, and ascertained that
Frederick Bonner and Stayer's wife had
stopped at the Franklin hotel e. husband
and wife, registering the name OF the
wife was Mary J. Barnes, OF Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, and married Slayer in 1873.
The couple are believed 10 have gone
west.
DIED IN AN OPIUM JOINT.
LIVINGSTON, Mont. Jan. 24-Frank
Walcott went to an opium joint last Thurs
day and smoked dozen pipes or more.
He was taken with g fit and died about
O'CLOCK from the effects of the drug. The
autopsy revealed the fact that every organ
was in perfect health before DEATH a
of prominent citizens waited
upon all the Cinnamon In town and or
dered them to leave. Every celestial left
town on the next train. Walcoit was from
Vermont.
ForHRRIEaHAM's CASE.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. IS On the advice OF
Attorney General Boone of this state the
warden of the penitentiaIy at Jefferson
City yesterday refused the application of
he attorneys for the express messenger,
Foiheringham, accused Of being an Ac-
cessory to the "Jim Cummings" train
robbery to have the convicts WIttrock and
aaigh brought to this city ntxt Monday
10 testify in the trial of tn messenger.
The state supreme court will now be asked
for a writ of habsas corpus and testIdcan-
iun., en- I if this proves unsuccessful then
the dispositions Of the prisoners will be
AIKEN.
FRISCO DYMANITERs.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 25-A dynamite
exploded ON the railroad track
between car and the dummy OF 8 train
on the Gesry street railrOsd last night
D eakioR piece OF iron out OF car wheel
six inches in length. A plumber of pas
sengers were on the dummy and inside the
car at the time but no one was Injured.
BEATEN TO DEATH.
CANTON, Ga Jan 24-Information has
been received at this place TO the effect
that on Wednesday night, five men in am
bush fred upon Andy Howard OF Yellow
stone Creek, in Dawson county. One of
the shots took effect 10 his leg, making an
ugly fie b wound. The men having emp
Cied their guns without death resulting.
rushed upon Howard and stamped him so
badly that his bowels protruded and death
ensued IN tWenty-four hours. Howard
mad been & revenue informer and was
then q witness in the United States court
againsts everAl OF his neighboTs, and Gus
oiciOn rests against certain men in the
neighborhood, who had been engaged in
blockadlng as the guilty ones. A party OF
disguised men fell upon another revenue
Iuf0rmer in the district and cut him up
badly. but he is still living. The men
said they intended killing Howard and
succeeded in doing it.
EDDIE GILRoY CAPTURED.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24.-Sheriff Ferguson
OF Wyandoite, Kansas, passed through the
city yesterday with prisoner, Ed. GilFoy
of On arleston, Oh 10, whom he had ar
rested at the latter place upon q charge of
embs zzling $4,000 from his employers,
James Campbell & Co., dealers in cattle
at Chicago. Kansas City and St. Louis.
It 10 charged that about = wear ago he was
sent out with $lO,OOO to purchase
cattle for the firm, but since then has
anything from him. Detectives were put
upon his track and he was arrested Satur-
day and will be taken 10 Wyadotts to al.
sWer to the charges against him.
EXPRESS MESSENGER NICHOLS MUIR
DERER.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-In a most unex
pected manner to-day the preparation
of the great Rock Island train robbery
was directly charged against Henri
Schwartz. a former brakeman of thu
road. He is tonight in the custody O
officers from the place where the crime
was committed and will have to answe
to indictments not only for the rObber.
but also for the murder of Express
Messenger Nichols. Some time ag
Schwartz was arrested here and jaile,
ostensibly on the charge of bigamy
There was more OF less reason for hold
ing him on that occount, but the fact O
his having been one of the brakemel
on Nichols train on til
night of the robbery, and had sine
seen spending money, led to the impress
sion that the real cause of his detection
was suspicion of his connection wit
the train robber. The Rock Island off
Gals and detectives denied such wa
the case, and Schwartz himsel
boldly defied any one t
4 III Thai lCoDCCl- L
| til to-day he has remained quietly
| Jail and his arrest has long ceased t
/ be a subject of comment. This afteTnoo
SchwartZ's attorneys went to the coul
while Judge Anthony way trying mu
der case and privately told the iude
their client was ready to give bail. Tt
circumstances surrounding the arres
had SO completely dropped out of pull
! lie attention recently that the judp
did not recollect the matter and he of
hand fixed the bail as requested namin
81, 600 as the amount. Sureties wei
awaiting in the corridors and Sehwar1
would have been released in short ordG
had not an attendent accidentally owe
heard some of the conversation in ii
hall and hurriedly telephoned I'll
officers. who arrested Schwartz. Tiles
quickly returned word to Judge Al
fhOny, who delayed in signing tt
papers. Before SwartZ had enjoye
Il a moment of liberty he vi
grabbed by two officers holding capiasG
that had been provided for such a
emergency The documents Shove
that Schwartz had been indicted By II
grand jury of Mill county for murd,
. and highway robbery. 4 cab was callt
at once, into which Schwartz, han
. cuffed and closely guarded. was hustle
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